Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-03-25
A LOST OPPORTUNITY
BY MRS. BARRETT.


unon The mc,dow roto look;r, oT IN,
tho distance II, r,os ,vhiyn,r.o,, sof,lr
vet he seemed to he in d dccn rcverie
for his great tepdor ovos had a for.owar
expression in tboir brow, donths q. h,
gazed out over the sunlit meadow.
where the blood.r,d clover ond III,
golden buttcrcuns swovod prdcr N,
soft cor,ssiog broe,c sn11cnlv sr
hyperion, v,.c, bro,,o ,ho silorco.
,.Ntr uol,o,,or ,1.,.o l., 49, ..L
down the b,rs. I'm i, q hurry anil
came the shortest wovn
The voupr man storted. bo had no,
heard her annro,ch and u,oro ho.;d,
him stood tbe vorv ol.;oct of ri,
thoughts.
An, clover blooms and buttercups,
paled were your charms nowl A little.
graceful figure in the daintiest Of cam.
brio dresses. and underneath the wide
hat sweet oirljsh face with volvetv
peach-tintod checks and cye. "a bluo os
freshly gathered vio.ets. Such was Lily
Lawrence, the prettiest oirl-so the non.
ular verdict ran-in al, the country
round. A flush rose to Johns sum
Drowned face AS he quickly rose and
began to take down the bars
"Out for a walk, Miss Li,y3p
eyes" very briefly.
80 you are fond of Quiet strolls2
nm, too"
Lily drew herself up aud looked at
the nresumptuous sneaker
"Reollv Mr. uolloyov DON'T coo
what if is 70 von -
Then she stopned She did rot nean
% be rude but trulv she tbo,rht ~
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= ,;.se', ,'sss'u au,ii'"'ion , was eNceeoihgiS
- - - - = i'''N oe'n soA"s
Tilv hcr.oIf had oo,no = ~ - ~ ~ ~
sun rose and sot for 1obn uolIawo,,
where she was
"He must ho intenso,r .,nn;a no4 -
know how nttorlv irdifToront am 70
him she tbougbt
Rnt 1obr ,,os not .,,,n;d H. I'D.
.tood tho urfo;sbod sontono, ond =. b.
Irew hocl, without onotbor ,rora - l..
her macs Tilv saw tbot bo ala ond >
.bame.faced comrrrctiors loo,, sto,o
into her ewes For from tbo richest n
tbo noorost ororcono oo,nou.,odood
Tobn Hollowor,. nol,Io ..o.,,ar -
tor
Lily walked slowly aong the road
half determined 10 t,rn hacl, and onolo.
1ize for her rudeness until turn
brought her face 10 face with somoono
whose handsome ewes met her own with
such clad welcome that all other
thouobts were for tbo timo driven com.
pletelv away
Il was r cbard Rloko tbo most cd
nired and courtod vorrc mon j. ,ho
VILLAGE
"Ah oood afternoon Mice To,vrop 90
| was honino I wouId meet Won -
Aud the wavv black locks wcr, bare
to the breczo os p cborI con..oors,u
lifted his hat and waik,I on hosid, hor
Wbo, con+ros+ 60 1ohn r1ol,o
And the contract ,yos oroot :, n,onu
,thcr wavs than rnv tbonch+ R,t tbo
Girl was but vonng 70 road character
and that r cbarl Rl,lro ,v,s ,oru bond
some and vcrv clooart ro,o cor'd donr
a lover Of whom anyone MIGHT be iustIv
nrou
When Lily's home was reached and
with another graceful bow Richard had
eft her she did not 20 directly into tho
house. but linoered awhile amono II q
flowers that led their LITTLE oarden
Her thoughts were very busv She
thought that she hal behaved verv
unkind to her old friend and her
memory went back TO the first time she
had met him II wos Of . n;o,;o ond
she had fallen and snrained bor ankle
sle remembered how tbo croot folIow
so much stronger than his mates had
persisted in carrrinc bor ou tho loro
distance back TO her home since tbon
he had shown in hundred wovs ,vha,
She was TO him and KNOWING bis noh,,
nature, perhaps her heart wond have
gone out to him before this if Richard